Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) is the commander,
highest-ranking officer in the Indian Navy.
| S.No |
Admiral Name |
From Period |
To Period |
|
1
|
Sir Charles Pizey
|
1 April 1955
|
21 July 1955
|
|
2
|
Sir Stephen Hope Carlill
|
21 July 1955
|
21 April 1958
|
|
3
|
Ram Dass Katari
|
22 April 1958
|
4 June 1962
|
|
4
|
Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
|
4 June 1962
|
3 March 1966
|
|
5
|
Adhar Kumar Chatterji
|
3 March 1966
|
28 Feb1970
|
|
6
|
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
|
28 Feb1970
|
28 Feb1973
|
|
7
|
Sourendra Nath Kohli
|
1 March 1973
|
29 Feb1976
|
|
8
|
Jal Cursetji
|
1 March 1976
|
1 March 1979
|
|
9
|
Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
|
1 March 1979
|
28 Feb1982
|
|
10
|
Oscar Stanley Dawson
|
1 March 1982
|
30 Nov1984
|
|
11
|
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
|
1 Dec1984
|
30 Nov1987
|
|
12
|
Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
|
1 Dec1987
|
30 Nov1990
|
|
13
|
Laxminarayan Ramdas
|
1 Dec1990
|
30 Sep1993
|
|
14
|
Vijai Singh Shekhawat
|
1 Oct1993
|
30 Sep1996
|
|
15
|
Vishnu Bhagwat
|
1 Oct1996
|
30 Dec1998
|
|
16
|
Sushil Kumar
|
30 Dec1998
|
29 Dec2001
|
|
17
|
Madhvendra Singh
|
29 Dec2001
|
31 July 2004
|
|
18
|
Arun Prakash
|
31 July 2004
|
31 Oct2006
|
|
19
|
Sureesh Mehta
|
31 Oct2006
|
31 Aug2009
|
|
20
|
Nirmal Kumar Verma
|
31 Aug2009
|
31 Aug2012
|
|
21
|
Devendra Kumar Joshi
|
31 Aug2012
|
26 Feb2014
|
|
22
|
Robin K. Dhowan
|
26 Feb2014
|
17 April 2014
|
|
23
|
Robin K. Dhowan
|
17 April 2014
|
31 May 2016
|
|
24
|
Sunil Lanba
|
31 May 2016
|
31 May 2019
|
|
25
|
Karambir Singh
|
31 May 2019
|
Incumbent
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